ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,810, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to HYOSUNG GOODSPRINGS INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Mechanical reverse rotation prevention device for canned motor pump" was invented by Jae Won Jung (Changwon-si, South Korea), Hyeong Hoon Kim (Busan, South Korea), Jong Bum Kim (Gimhae-si, South Korea) and Hyeon Sig Kim (Changwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reverse rotation prevention device for a canned motor pump includes: a rotor 110 rotating together with a main shaft of a motor; a stator 120 provided to be spaced at a first distance apart from an outer peripheral surface of the rotor 110; a plurality of hinges 130 arranged ...